Rotatable wicket



.l. HECHT.

' ROTATABLE WICK-ET.

APPLICATION F ILED sEP n, 1915.' RENEWED MAY 31. 1919.

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newton -J. HECHT.

ROTAT'ABLE WICKET. APPLlCATlON FILED $51 1.11. 1915.. RENEWED MAY 31,1919.

1,346,823. Patented uly 20, 1920.

2 SHEEIS SHEET 2.

' i 2 I I 3141112144 011 bodiment of JOSEPH HECHT, OF BROOKLYN NEW YORK.

" ROTATABLE WIGKET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH HnoI-IT, 'a native citizen of the United States,residing at 870 East 21st street, borough of Brooklyn, New York city, in the county of Kings and State. of New York, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Rotatable lVickets, of which the following is a specification.

V This invention relates to wickets for use in connection with windows of banks, ticket offices and the like, and it is the primary object of the invention to provide a wlcket to at all times maintain the window open- .ing closed to prevent the passage of cold air'or drafts through the window and, to protect the counter from the surreptitious removal through the window of money or other articles stored behind the same, and while at all times maintaining the window opening closed permitting the transporting of articles through the window opening.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a rotatable wicket normally locked against movement, and means to unlock and impart a partial rotation thereto, and at the termination of a predetermined rotative movement again automatically lock the wicket against movement.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation illustrating an emmy invention applied to a window; V

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional viewtaken on the line 2+2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. '3 is a front elevation showing the 1 means to lock the wicket in a predetermined position. 7

The embodiment of my lnvention shown in the drawings consists of a casing 11 to carry the operating mechanism. of the wicket, to. be hereinafter described, secured tothe .under side of a counter or shelf 10 by screws 12. A shaft 15 rotatable on a vertical axis and passing through the counter 10 is journaled by a reduced portion 14:

at thetop of the window opening. A: disk Q in bosses 13 at the top and bottom ofthe casingjll, the upper end of the shaft being rotatably supported in a frame member 1 16' is secured to the shaft 15 adjacent the top below the frame member17, and a similar disk .17 is-secured to the shaft adjacent the counter .10, panels :16; radiating from the .-.riphery of said her 17.

- Serial No. 301,123/

Specification of Letters Patent. -Pa,ten'ted Jul 20 .192 0 Application filed September .11, 1915, Serial No. 50,181. Renewed May '31, 1919.

shaft 15 in diametrically oppositedirections r: I

to the periphery of the disks l6 and 17 WllJll theupper and lower edges of said panels engaging in recesses in the disks and forming compartmentsbetween the adjacent panels with a supporting orreceivingtable transported through the window opening. The shaft, panels and disks constitute the wicket; although it will be obvious that the .wicket :may be of different form'and conof opposite vertical side members 10' and.

1.1, which may constitute the sides of the window frameand. lie adjacent the pedisks and the ends of the panels 16. The lower ends of the partitions engage in recesses in the counter 10 and the upper ends engage in recesses in the mem The partitions are so proportioned that one panel of a pairof panels will always lie adjacent one of said partitions and the other panel adjacent the other partition in all positions of-the wicket, whereby the window opening will'be closed by the wicket at all times preventingrthe passage 'of drafts or cold air through the window open ng and also preventing the passage of a hand or an instrument through the window opening to surreptitiously remove articles through the window.

A disk 18 is secured to the reduced portion 14 of the shaft within the casing 11, said disk having stop lugs 19 upon its upper surface and diametrically opposite notches'20 in the periphery located at a point between the lugs 19.. An operating armor lever -21 is pivotally mounted upon the reducedp'ortion of the shaft above the disk 18, a 'plunger22 vertical sliding movement and caused to engagewith the upper surfacepf the disk bya spring,- as clearly shown in Fig. The

to one endof a link 23,the other endof the upon which articles maybe placed to be being carried at one end of thelever to have .100 other end of the lever is pivotally connected 1 linkbeing pivotally connected, to one arm of a lever 24 pivotally supported at 25 in the frame 11, and the other arm of said lever;

connected by a link 26 with a second-lever 27 pivotally supported at 28 by the casing. The lever 27 is connected by a link 29 with the upstanding'arm of a bell-crank lever 30 'pivotally mounted upon a rod 31 supported I through a" slot in the dog 32 and through a in thecasing and the horizontal arm of the lever extending forward from the casing 11 in position to be conveniently manipulated. It will be obvious that a pedal may be connected to said bell-crank lever desired,

A dog 32 is also pivotally supported upon the rod 31, said dog having a reduced por- I spring influenced detent 38 located in a recess in said dog, said detenthaving an inclined portion to permit the lug 37 to pass the same in one direction without affecting the position of the locking dog 32. To permit ofmanual operation-of the detent38 it has a laterally projecting pin 39 extending slot in a guide member 40, the latter slot bespring 33, the said dog upon the release of ing shaped to permit the dog to rock.

ed wicket is locked in a predeterminedposition by the engagement of the dog 32 with one of the'notr zhes 20. Should it be desired to rotate the wicket the bell-crank lever 30 is ,rocked by pressing upon the forward projection thereof bringing the h1g3? against the flattened side of the detent 38 whereby the dog 32 is moved against the tension of its spring 33 and out of engagementwith the notch 20. Simultaneously with this releasing movement of the dog 32 by the lever 30 the operating lever 21 is actuated through the link 29 connected to the bell-crank lever and through intermediate levers and links 2'7, 26, 2 1 and 23. As the actuatinnlever 21 swung the plunger 22 carried thereby abuts against one of the lugs 19 and thereby imparts a partial rotation to the disk and connected wicket, or until the succeeding notch 20 comes opposite the dog 32 and the latter is caused to engage therewith by its the lever 30 through the action of its spring engaging. with the periphery of the disk during the rotative movement, of the latter.

-When the lever 30 is released it is returned :to initial position by the spring 11 connected to the-lever 27 and the casing, the lug 37 moving over the inclined portion of the detent "38 and into engagement with the flattened side thereof. The spring ll also serves 5:;Havin'g thus explained the nature ofmy invention and described an operative manher of constructing and using the same, al-

though= WltllOLIt attempting; to; set; forth 1 all of the forms in which it maybe made, or all of the forms of its use, what I claim is 1. The combination with a window, of a rotatablewick'et to close and transport articlesthrough the window including a shaft to rotatabiy support said wicket; a disk fixed to the shaft; a pivoted dog to cooperate witharecess inthe disk to lock the wicket against movement; an operating armzmounted loosely on the shaft provided with means for engaging said disk to impart rotation thereto when the arm is movedin one direction; and lever operated means to release the dog from the disk and actuate the disk rotating arm for the purpose specified.

2. The combination with a window, and

wicket to close said window and transportarticles therethrough, of a shaft to rotatably support the wicket; a disk attachedto and rotatable with the shaft; anoperating arm pivotally supported by said shaft having detent dog to cooperate with notches in said disk to lock the same and the wicket against movement in predetermined positigns; and

means to release the dog from the disk and actuate said arm, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination with a window, of a as T means to cooperate with said disk to rotate I vthe same when moved in one direction; a In operation the disk 18 with the connectdisk mounted on the projecting end of the shaft to rotate therewith; a locking dog to engage a recess in the disk to lock the wicket in a predetermined position; means cooperating with the disk to rotate the'same; and means to actuate the disk rotatin 'means and operable to release said locking-c ogfrom the disk previous to actuating thedisk rotating means for the purpose specified.

4c. The'combination of a rotatable wicket including a shaft to rotatablysupport the wicket; a disk mounted on and rotatable with said shaft; a locking device-to engage the disk to hold the wicket against rotation; 7

an arm loose on the shaft having means to cooperate with the'disk torotate the disk as the arm is moved in one 'direction;'a lever to actuate said arm,"a'nd said lever being arranged to disengage said locking" device from the disk when operatedto actuate the disk rotating arm for the purpose specified.

V '5. The combination with a rotatable wicket v 1 25 including a rotatable shaft to support the same, of a disk mounted on and'rotatable with the shaft and having lugs extending from the facethereof; a pivotedd'ogfto engage'in a recess in the periphery ofthe disk to hold the wicketlagainstcrotation; an arm-lt0 v loose on the shaft superposed to the disk; a

of a disk mounted on and rotatable with said shaft; a pivoted dog yieldingly urged toward the disk to engage a recess in the disk to lock the disk and thereby the wicket against rotation; a spring influenced detent carried by the dog; means to rotate the disk; and a lover operable to actuate the disk rotating means, said lever having a laterally projecting lug to engage the dog detent when moved to actuate the disk rotating means to release the dog from the disk recess and to ride over the detent when the lever is re- -turned to initial position with the dog en-- gaging the disk recess for the purpose specie fied.

7. The combination with a wicket including a rotatable shaft to support the wicket, of a disk mounted on and rotatable with said shaft, said disk having diametrically opposite lugs projecting from the face thereof and diametrically opposite recesses in the periphery thereof; a pivoted dog yieldingly urged toward the periphery of the disk and adapted to engage a disk recess to lock the disk and thereby the wicket against movement; an arm loose on the shaft superposed to thedisk; a yielding plunger carried by the arm and arranged to cooperate with a disk lug when moved in one direction to impart rotative movement to the disk and wicket; a lever operatively connected to the arm to actuate the arm to rotate the disk; a spring influenced detent carried by the dog 7 adapted to be engaged by a lug projecting from the lever when the lever is moved to actuate the disk rotating arm to release the dog from the disk and to ride over said detent when the lever is returned to initial position with the dog engaging a disk recess for the purposespecified.

8. The combination with a window, and a rotatable wicket to close said window in all positions thereof having means to support an article, a disk connected to the wicket having oppositely disposed notches in the periphery; a spring influenced dog to engage in the disk notch to lock the wicket in a predetermined position; a spring detent carried by the dog; a lever having means to cooperate with the detent to throw the dog out of the disk notch; and means operable by the lever when the dog is thrown out of the disk notch to cooperate with the disk to rotate the wicket, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

9. The combination with a window, and a rotatable wicket to close saidwindow in all positions thereof and having means to support an article, of a disk connected to the wicket having oppositely disposed notches in the periphery and lugs projecting up from the upper surface thereof between the notches; a spring influenced dog. to engage in the disk notch to lock the wicket in a predetermined position; a lever operable to throw the dog out of the disk notch; a pivotally supported arm operable by the lever when the dog is thrown out of the disk notch, said arm having means to engage with a disk lug when it is operated bv the lever to impart rotative movement to the disk and connected wicket, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GROVER C. SNIFFEN, WILLIAM A. DWYER. 

